One thing I now ALWAYS keep in my hiking pack is my Yak Trax. Last year my friends and I did a hike in the spring, after most of the snow had melted (we thought). Needless to say, the sun had not reached the ice on the trail through the trees. My hiking boots did not have traction for smooth ice, and I was literally sliding into the creek beside the path and hanging onto trees! Thankfully, my friend had…
“They” say good friends are hard to find. Then I am extraordinarily blessed, because I have some GREAT friends! I can’t even say for sure when we all became close friends. It just seemed to happen over time I think, but I guess we all got to know each other better through fitness. We participated in some of the same triathlons and running races, and we all live within 10 minutes of each other. But today I think I really…